KHAWAM v. WOLFE

No. 17-FM-1384.

214 A.3d 455 (2019)

Natalie KHAWAM, Appellant, v. Grayson P. WOLFE, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided August 22, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ayesha N. Khan , for appellant.

Sandra G. Wilkof , for appellee.

Victoria Dorfman , Washington, with whom Dia Rasinariu , Washington, was on the brief, for Deborah Epstein , Domestic Violence Legal Empowerment and Appeals Project, National Organization for Women Foundation, DC Coalition Against Domestic Violence, National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, National Network to End Domestic Violence, National Women's Law Center, A. Rachel Camp , Mariela Olivares , Catherine F. Klein , and Laurie S. Kohn , amici curiae.

Before Easterly and McLeese, Associate Judges, and Nebeker, Senior Judge.


Appellant Natalie Khawam challenges an order requiring her to pay $350,000 in attorney's fees to her former husband, appellee Grayson P. Wolfe. The fees were incurred in connection with a dispute over custody of their child. The trial court awarded fees on the ground that Mr. Wolfe's hiring of an attorney was necessary...

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